Waste Generation Data Archive

Waste generation refers to the total tonnage of waste that is disposed of and enters the waste management system for treatment in Ireland each year¹.

Figure 1

Year	Overall Waste Generation CSO (t)	Overall Waste Generation EPA (t)
2012	12,713,021
2013
2014	15,166,830
2015
2016	15,251,689
2017
2018	13,986,757
2019
2020	16,192,033
2021		17,597,245
2022		15,678,131

Open in Excel: National Total Waste Generation Data Archive Excel (XLS 9KB)

Open in CSV : National Total Waste Generation Data Archive CSV (CSV 1KB)

For more information on national waste generation see: Eurostat: Generation of Waste by Waste Category

1. National waste generation is calculated every second year by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) based on EPA's waste data. In 2021, the Circular Economy and Waste Statistic's team calculated national waste generation using a different methodology.